• DocumentCode
    1321799
  • Title

    Voltage regulator for contactor ridethrough

  • Author

    Kelley, Arthur ; Cavaroc, John ; Ledford, John ; Vassalli, Luca

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., North Carolina State Univ., Raleigh, NC, USA
  • Volume
    36
  • Issue
    2
  • fYear
    2000
  • Firstpage
    697
  • Lastpage
    704
  • Abstract
    This paper describes a simple voltage regulator that allows contactors to ride through power line disturbances such as sags and dropouts. The voltage regulator protects critical equipment in continuous process industries and prevents loss caused by downtime. The voltage regulator is inexpensive and easily retrofitted into existing installations. A field trial of the voltage regulator has been successfully completed
  • Keywords
    contactors; power supplies to apparatus; power supply quality; power system faults; voltage regulators; contactor ridethrough; continuous process industries; critical equipment protection; field trial; power line disturbances; voltage dropouts; voltage regulator; voltage sags; Coils; Costs; Industrial power systems; Manufacturing industries; Power quality; Power system stability; Production; Protection; Regulators; Voltage fluctuations;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Industry Applications, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0093-9994
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/28.833790
  • Filename
    833790